Debbie Zacarian (debbie@zacarianconsulting.com) is known for her work in advancing student engagement and achievement. She is an education consultant and the author of many books, including two ...

Academic instructors, hired for their content expertise, are rarely trained in skills like classroom facilitation or community-building. But successful collaborative learning requires a degree of ...

The gifted group. The slow group. The behavioral issues group. Grouping in schools fell out of favor partially because educators—and parents—felt like kids were getting labeled and that groupings didn ...

Cooperative and collaborative learning are not new concepts in the field of education - they have been studied for decades and have been used as classroom practices for much longer than that. Although ...

Editor’s note: This story on collaborative learning originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for many years, but the ...

A note-taking method where different students are assigned to take and share notes with the rest of the class. Promotes: Class discussion, learning and comprehension, and can provide equitable ...